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MLK Day ‘Marade’ continues on in subfreezing temperatures
Temperatures were in the single digits, yet hundreds stilled marched in Denver’s 40th annual, ‘Marade,’ honoring the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The marade, a combination of a march and parade, was attended by both of Colorados’ Senators, Denver and Aurora’s Mayors, as well as notable Civil Rights figures.
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Martin Luther King Jr.’s life ‘means even more now than when he was living,’ Wilma Webb says
Against a backdrop of heightened racial tension, widespread political unrest and a global pandemic that, for the first time in 36 years, is keeping thousands from joining together to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. in Denver, this year’s holiday looks and feels unlike any other. Still, the reverend’s calls for racial, social and economic justice…